This species is not very hardy, but can be grown successfully on a warm sunny wall. It has narrow, toothed, lanceolate leaves, 2 or 3 in. long, and short terminal, very pretty racemes of white flowers 5⁄8 in. wide, tinged, especially towards the centre, with pink. The numerous pink, erect stamens are a notable feature of the inflorescence, which is 2 to 3 in. long.
Native of China; introduced about the beginning of the 19th century. It was figured in the Bot. Mag., t. 1726 as Crataegus indica. An admirable shrub for the south-western counties. Its habit is quite free and graceful when satisfactorily placed.